Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-02-19 | Page 1 | Kills his Wife and Attempts Suicide

KILLS HIS WIFE AND ATTEMPTS SUICIDE John C. E. Krucker of St. Joseph, Mo., May Eecover to Stand Trial. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Feb. ?. Mrs. Dammar Dam-mar Krucker. whose na me was brought into t he recent Mc Daniel murder trial, was shot and killed here tonight by her husliand. John C. K. Krucker. who' then shot himself through the head. Physicians Physi-cians say Krucker may recover. The Kruckers were divorced July 4 last, the day on which Mrs. Os.-ar D.'Mc-Danlel. D.'Mc-Danlel. wife of the prosecuting attorney of BuehanHii county. Mo.. ws murdered. At the tii-il, in which Mr. Md'inniel was. acniit;ed nf the charge of murdering his j wh o. Krucker wa s a. w i t cess. The prosecution bronchi in tho name of Mrs. Krucker in an effort to prove that the Mf'Dauu-ls' home life was not of the happiest. Mr. Daniel, who was Kruck-c-r'a pllnniv in the divorce proceedings, said tonigbi ti.at Krucker several days ago told turn be- intended asking Mrs. Krucker to ren arry him.